041815 quotes

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached,

don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

- Confucious

The person who makes a success of living is the one

who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly.

That is dedication.

- Cecil B. DeMille

  

Recruiting is sales.  It’s persuasion.  But a salesman who’s 

a fake isn’t a very good salesman … or at least he’s not good

at selling to intelligent people.

- Coach John Calipari

041715 quotes

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life

Without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

- Maxwell Maltz

If you can react the same way to winning and losing,

That is a big accomplishment. That quality is important

Because it stays with you the rest of your life.

- Chris Evert

041615 quotes

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
- Walt Disney 

People with goals succeed because they

know where they are going.

- Earl Nightingale

The block of granite which was an obstacle 

in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone

in the pathway of the strong.
- Thomas Carlyle 

041515 quotes

If the heart sinks, the boat sinks.

- John Ruskin

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us
to be what we know we could be.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Never give up on the dream you hold dear.

Keep doing your best and new paths will appear.

Remember persistence; it goes with success,

Like a king with a queen in the great game of chess.

- Earl the clam

041415 quotes

The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.

- Mike Murdock

I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never

happened.
- Mark Twain

I have learned from experience that the greater part of

our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions

and not on our circumstances.

- Martha Washington

041315 quotes

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings

while others are adding up their troubles.
- William Penn

If you wish to be more influential, spend more time

being interested in others than you do trying to be

interesting.
- Josh Hinds

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made

up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too 

infrequently. And if you don’t collect all these tiny

successes, the big ones don’t really mean anything.

- Norman Lear

041115 quotes

Confidence on the outside begins by living with 

integrity on the inside. 
- Brian Tracy

Always remember, you have within you the strength,

The patience and the passion to reach for the stars to

change the world.

- Harriet Tubman

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word … excellence. 

To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

- Pearl S. Buck 

041015 quotes

If something is important enough, even if the odds are

against you, you should still do it.

- Elon Musk

Self-praise is for losers.  Be a winner. 

Stand for something.  Always have class, and be humble.
- John Madden

The greatest force in the human body is the natural drive of

the body to heal itself … but that force is not independent of

the belief system. Everything begins with belief.

What we believe is the most powerful option of all.

- Norman Cousins

040615 quotes

Your own mental attitude is your real boss.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today,

life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
- Maya Angelou

Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, 

but win out in the end because they've stayed true to

their ideals and beliefs and commitments. 
- Kevin Costner

040415 quotes

I just always wanted to win a national championship, 

coming here (Kentucky). That’s all I thought, I never 

really thought about 40-0. Of course we didn’t want

to lose, but now that dream might come to a reality

and we’ve just got to keep playing and do it.

- Tyler Ulis

Everybody is 0-0, whether you're Duke, Michigan State, 

Wisconsin or us (Kentucky), everybody's record is the

same. We're all feeling the same thing. 

We all want to win a national title.

- Coach John Calipari

Kids come with us because they want to get better; 

they want to get from one point to there to here. The 

problem is it’s faster. It’s like warp speed. Along with

being under the microscope, along with being everybody’s 

Super Bowl, if you’re not mentally tough enough, you end

up in a fetal position under the desk. So it is a certain type

of kid that can deal with what we’re doing.

My job is to help them be the best version of themselves.

- Coach John Calipari

040315 quotes

He’s (Karl Anthony Towns) completely changed his mindset

about where he’s playing the game of basketball. I didn’t think

he could go from shooting 3s to being this dominant around 

the basket. I want to write John Calipari a note to say this is 

the most amazing transformation I’ve seen.

- Bob Hurley Sr.

John (Calipari) has done an amazing job with his group, and

it’s been good for college basketball in that you’ve been talking

about a team instead of talking about freshmen or individuals.

For a few years we’ve gotten to be like the pros where it’s a 

match-up of individuals. This year it’s a renewal of what college 
basketball should be: it’s about teams. Kentucky’s been a great team.

- Coach K

I mean, it’s just crazy to think about the last three years of 

losing first round in the NIT against Robert Morris. Coming

back and finding a way to get back to a title game, coming up short, 
having a chance to come back and do it again. I’m super excited to play.
It’s a dream, when you’re youngand you’re playing in your 
driveway, you’re playing one-on-one against yourself, 
this is the moment that you’re playing against.So it is 
definitely a dream and a blessing to be here.

- Willie Cauley-Stein

040115 quotes

I think last year we were just excited to be there (final four),

This year we’re not going to be satisfied with just the feeling. 

We’re just going up there to win.

- Aaron Harrison

Last year it wasn’t expected. This year it’s expected from us 

so you know we are going out there (Indianapolis 2015) to win 

and last year it kind of just felt like we were happy to be there.

- Dakari Johnson

Honesty and its related quality, trust, are at the very core of 

my coaching philosophy.

- Coach John Calipari

033115 quotes

Never make excuses.  Your friends don’t need

them and your foes won’t believe them.

- John Wooden

Some people have greatness thrust upon them.

Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

- John Gardener

I coach for the names on the backs of the jerseys …

not just the front.  My players.

- John Calipari

033015 quotes

Do you want to read about history or make history?

- Coach John Calipari

The best players I’ve coached have a demeanor

About them that never moves.  They have calmness…

Physiology-wise, rage and anger are related to fear.

- Coach John Calipari

When you bring in great players to play with other

great players, there’s a multiplier effect, and they

up better than they would have been individually.

They drive one another in practice.

- Coach John Calipari